FOR HER PART, ANDY wondered what happened to Banjo when she got part-way through her run, and still, she hadn’t come across his shadow. At one stage, she slowed to a walk, hoping he would either catch up or come out of hiding. She gave up when she checked her timepiece: it was nearly time for the morning muster.
When she arrived at the mess hall, nearly everyone was gazing up the wall-mounted big screen TV to watch the early morning news. It was so quiet she could hear her own breathing. She only managed to catch the tail-end of the broadcast.
The footage was of a man leaning on the counter, chatting with a lovely, young librarian. The newscaster was saying, ‘Police are seeking to speak with this man, suspected of abducting the librarian. Her friend reported her missing to the police on
